Played Online. Allies started on their L, then after their guy on the hill died, switched to their R. I fought back on my L. Pincer Move, however, gave Allies 2 medals and took 3 bunkers. I upped it to General Advance, and scored a medal on my L. From here on we fought over the medal hill on my R/C. (TIED@3)
Allies played Armor Assault for 1h/6d, and I countered bringing up my armor on the L, and got an armor kill on the R plus 3 other hits. Light turned 6 and Allies killed my elite tank on his R for 2 medals. I kept going on my R, killing his tank. (TIED@5)
Allies moved up the Center and killed my unit in the bunker. TFH(1inf,2stars) gave me an inf kill (but no A-O) and kicked his unit out of the bunker. He came behind my tank on the beach and killed it (1 medal) while wounding my inf and retreating him out of the hill medal and TG. (ALLIES 9-6)
I sent my lone-fig elite inf to the forest and killed his inf on the medal hill and TG. (AXIS 8-7)
D-HQ scored 3 hits and a retreat on my inf on the hill medal. I sent my 2 lone-fig inf forward, one taking the hill back and the other shooting the lone-fig inf in the bunker, but the latter missed, while the former scored 3h/3d vs his inf! He was out of Lefts! For some reason he didn't play Artillery Bombard, but still killed my lone-fig inf on the medal hill. My other lone-fig inf moved onto the hill while my armor took the first shot for the win.
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ONLINE MATCH which I Win 17 (58) to 14 (54)
Well I fall behind to some lucky Russian shooting. Five dice kill off my right FB infantry and then I lose a 3 fig infantry to an AMBUSH. I finally kill off that pesky Elite Infantry which started on the hills. The battle continues on my right. Two Russian infantry are able to move off the board thanks to BEL. This is huge.
I battle back as best I can with my limited cards-usually PROBEs or ATTACKs. I am able to kill off a couple of tanks but my poor shooting against infantry haunts me. On my last turn I bring 3 units to bear on a full strength infantry but my first attack only rolls a flag which denies a possible panzer OR attack. Four more dice against this infantry which cannot retreat gets 3 hits-1 hit shy of a win.
A Russian FIREFIGHT then makes a key kill on a 2 fig infantry with 3d and then a 3d arty attack kills off a 1 fig panzer.
Just too many key kills by the Russians and my poor 39% infantry hit rate to my opponents 49% was bad. It was even worse considering that many of my shots were made against infantry that could not retreat.
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ONLINE MATCH Game 1 (game 1 part of East Front tourney)
Most of the fighting took place on the Russian left and the portion of the center near Malaya Zemlya. Early on I got 3 hits with 3d against the Elite Panzer. I soon lost my Elite Infantry on the medal hex and the medal too to trail 0 to 2 early. I then lost a tank on my left and had a center tank reduced to 1 fig. I also had two 1 fig infantry down to 1 fig also. Things did not look good.
With the range still at 2 on my 5th turn four of my infantry charged the hills and took out a 2 fig infantry in the center FB and also a 1 fig panzer on the hills. My opponent then choses to try and hide his right 1 fig Elite Panzer in the woods. In my next turn I played MOVE OUT again and a 2 fig Elite Infantry kills the Elite Panzer for 2 medals. I take ground into the woods and as I have INF ASSAULT hope to exit that unit in my next turn. I also take out a 2 fig FB infantry that turn and now lead 5 to 3.
A German BEL is put to good use and it kills off my 2 fig Elite Infantry that was set to exit the board-ah well-so much for plan A. On my 7th turn the range goes to 3 hexes and only gets to 4 later on. I lose a center tank and the game is 6 to 4 in my favor.
An infantry battle then ensues on my left and I get the upper hand after playing back to back INF ASSAULTs. I kill off two Elite Infantry to take an 8 to 4 lead. Only the SW AT Infantry is left on the German right. I have two infantry ready to exit the board in my next turn and also can take the hill medal hex. My opponent could do little but make an infantry kill of my right and on my next turn a 1 fig Elite Inf marches into the hill medal hex.
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LooneyLlama's Eastern SFTF tournament.
The Russians mounted a big attack on their right early in the battle, but wound up losing 5 units on that flank, while completing only one kill there themselves. The Russian invaders also attacked repeatedly against Malaya Zemlya, eliminating 4 infantry units from the two bunkers there. (Who says bunkers give protection?)
On their last turn, Russian infantry grabbed both objectives, but my German artillery bombarded, wiping out one of the invaders and finishing off a damaged armor unit to win the day.
11 turns, 9-6 medals, 33-29 figures.
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